Libyan forces loyal to eastern commander Khalifa Haftar said on Monday they had tightened their control over four major oil ports, casting a Western-backed project to unite Libya and revive oil exports into deep uncertainty. Haftar's forces met little resistance as they seized the terminals...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime warplanes have carried out more than 20 raids on the northern countryside of Homs city, hours before the sundown of Monday where the U.S.-Russian brokered cessation of hostilities went into effect. Zaman al-Wasl reporter said the vacuum and cluster bombs strikes...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Despite all pain and deprivation, Eid ceremonies still can be seen in refugees camps in Lebanon, Wasim, 16, said to the Abo Khalid, the owner of what so called "Barber Saloon" of the camp.  Once Wasim sat on the barber chair, he started telling what he saw in his way to...

An emboldened President Bashar al-Assad vowed on Monday to take back all of Syria, hours before the start of a ceasefire brokered by the United States and Russia, which Assad's opponents described as stacked in his favor. In a gesture loaded with symbolism, state television showed Assad...